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A warm Kibride welcome to Reverend Charlotte Moore, our worship leader today, while Reverend Lorna is away. Reverend Charlotte is a voluntary associate minister with Strabane United Church.
The United Church of Canada is launching an Extreme Hunger Appeal as the humanitarian crisis is reaching a scale the world has not seen before in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen. There is also extreme hunger, malnutrition, and starvation in Kenya. All donations raised for this appeal will go to our
long-term Mission & Service partners, including ACT Alliance, which is saving lives in the region.

Lowville United Church is celebrating Canada’s 150th on Saturday May 13, 7:30pm at the Burlington Seniors’ Centre. Spring Fling features That Band, an 18 piece dance band. Refreshments, prizes. Advance tickets $20 by emailing originals@sympatico.ca or 905.335.5099.

St Paul’s United Church in Milton presents an evening of Fan Favourites by the Milton Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday May 13, 7:30 pm. Some of the Fan Favourites include music from PORGY & BESS and CHICAGO, and excerpts from ballet musical, FAUST. Please come and enjoy this wonderful orchestra that makes Milton proud. Tickets: Adults $20, Students, $10, 12 and under free, are available from the church office (905.878.8895 x. 21), Nancy Whitnell (905.864.6667), Judy Hunter (905.878.6691) or at the door. St Paul’s is located at 123 Main Street East in downtown Milton. Plenty of free street parking close to the church.

Migrant Worker Welcome. Hello again Friends, Yes… many of you have been asking if everything is on board again this year. The answer is yes, yes, yes. As we all know without the help and enthusiasm of all of you, this outreach would never have gotten off the ground many years ago. Our date is Saturday June 17 at our small but mighty Kilbride Church. Now is the time to start pleading with your family, friends and neighbours for men’s clothing, shoes, towels, blankets, bedding, pillows and suitcases. We save women’s and children’s items until the fall. We always need bicycles, too. We will once again set up our store on the Friday afternoon at 1pm. We are always open to new suggestions that you think would work well with our guests. Let us know. We have our entertainment set . Unfortunately, the young lady who entertained at the Soup Feast in Hamilton wasn’t available. Maybe another time. Always looking for new talent.

Won’t it be wonderful if we can set up our tables in the backyard ? I hope we are getting our summer’s worth of rain now so that the sun will shine and the clouds will clear for us on the 17th of June.

Blessings to you and all those you love. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

The Joint Needs Assessment Committee (JNAC) has been working on your behalf developing a needs assessment report (job description) so that we may begin the search process for a new minister. As part of the process we are asking all our church families to provide input into the characteristics/skills that you feel are important in a new minister. The committee has developed a short survey to assist in gathering your feedback. We therefore ask you and each family member including children to complete and provide your feedback on the survey. Feel free to share the survey with others you think may also be interested in completing one. We ask that the survey be returned by November 24, 2016.You may also provide your input by telephoning Larry Allin (905-876-4285) or email at larryallin1@gmail.com.

Kilbride History Nighton Tuesday November 15 at 7:00pm. An evening of films and displays of historic Kilbride.

Community Roundtable on Wednesday November 23 from 7:00 to 9:00pm at Lowville United Church. Bringing together City of Burlington representatives, other non-profit agencies together with the residents of the community, church members and business contacts. Our hope through a facilitated dialogue is to identify key needs and issues for this area.

On the Way to Bethlehem Nativity Pageant on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 25, 26 & 27, 2016 from 6:30–8:30pm. Held at Country Heritage Park, 8560 Tremaine Road, Milton. “On the Way to Bethlehem” is an outdoor Christmas Nativity Pageant. Arrive anytime from 6:30 until 8:30pm. This is primarily an outdoor experience so it is important to dress warmly and wear comfortable walking shoes or boots. This event is a MACCWT production –www.onthewaytobethlehem.ca

Names for the Messiah: An Advent Study by Walter Brueggemann.
Explores four titles attributed to the Messiah found in Isaiah 9:6: Wonderful Counselor, Might God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace. Wednesdays at 7:30 pm beginning November 30. Cost of book $18.50. If you would like a book please pick one up at the Carlisle United Church office before November 30.

St Paul’s Choir presents Coffee and “Suites”! The LaRose Duo with Rosanne Warren from Campbellville on flute and Larisa Gulenco on piano will be at St Paul’s United Church in Milton for an afternoon of classical music, coffee, tea and sweets and a sing-along on Friday December 2 at 1:30pm. Cost is by donation at the door.

Today after worship there is a Congregational Meeting to elect people to the Joint Needs Assessment Committee (JNAC).

Welcome Back to local Migrant Workers.Well… the flyers have been delivered to the farms (thanks Maureen) and the great sign is out at the front of our Church (thanks Nicola and Tina) and we already have four bicycles ready for their new owners (thanks Judy and Duff’s Church) . Chris has prepared all the personal care kits thanks to donations of $10. Per kit! Donations are always welcomed. Monies donated over $20.00 can receive a tax receipt.
We will be setting up our store on Friday at 1pm. I appreciate everyone keeping their donations until then but if you are unable to help set up, you can always bring your donations to our house. 6465 Milburough Line. For the welcome back we don’t collect women’s or children’s items. Bedding and towels and pillows will be needed. Nothing goes to waste. After the party all clothing and other items are taken to Salvation Army and the Living Rock in Hamilton. There is always need.
The fun begins after 5:30 on the Saturday, June 25. We need help with everything. Put on your name tag and put a smile on your face and ask how you can help…personal shoppers, set up for the dinner hopefully outside. Help is always needed in the kitchen. Even though we are serving chicken and, hamburgs we need salads, main dishes that feed a crowd and of course desserts. Nothing goes to waste. We already have the foam containers for our guests to take home a snack for the next day.
Our special entertainment begins at 8pm. for our guests. We are thrilled to have the Hamilton Youth Steel Orchestra perform for us. We will see what evening weather comes but we will have packed away our store just in case we are entertained in the sanctuary. It wouldn’t be the first time we have had a conga line up and down the aisles.
Hopefully, I have covered the main points of this very special evening. We are blessed to have so many wonderful people such as yourself who want to get involved with helping our friends from away year after year.

Church Picnic on Sunday June 26 at noon, at the home of Maureen Trenkler, 6690 McNiven Road. Please bring potluck picnic lunch to share and lawn chairs.

Benefit BBQ for our Syrian Refugee Family. Presented by the Optimist /Club of Strabane, at Strabane Park on Saturday July 9, 4:00-8:00pm. Adults $10, Children under 12, $5

Farewell Potluck for Reverend Diane on July 24 at Carlisle United Church. Details to follow.

To be eligible to vote on church issues including calling a new minister, you must be a member of the pastoral charge. For more information on membership, please speak with Reverend Diane.

Sundays June 19 and 26, Reverend Barbara Morrison will be worship leader when Reverend Diane is away.

Summer Worship will be in Carlisle in July and in Kilbride in August, with
services at 10:00am. Reverend Dora Sadler will preach in Kilbride in August.